Merchant ships

civilian boat or ship that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire

general name for any ship operating under charter or license to any of the East India Companies

type of ship in use in the 16th and 17th centuries

ship designed to transport LPG, LNG or liquefied chemical gases in bulk

vessel which can carry smaller lighters (barge vessels)

shallow-hulled ships used for trade between locations on the same island or continent

A polacca (or polacre) is a type of seventeenth- to nineteenth-century sailing vessel.

1961 mixed cargo ship

thumb|300x300px|Depiction of a three-masted Javanese jong in Banten, by Hieronymus Megiser, 1610

Vytinė (from Lithuanian vytelė - withe, twig) was a type of Lithuanian trading vessel used from the 15th century up to the 20th century. It was a flat-bottomed, river-borne sailboat, 30-55 m long. Vytinė ships mainly transported timber, grains, and flax fiber down the Nemunas River, starting in Grodno in the east and ending in Königsberg in the west. It is thought that the vytinė boat was used for shipping goods to Danzig as well.

Ancient sailing ship from Java or Sumatra

ship built in 1982

merchant ship or fleet

thumb|A portion of Miller Atlas|Miller atlas, showing a galley, [[dhow, and Ottoman ghurābs of the Arabian sea.]] Ghurab or gurab is a type of merchant and warship from the Nusantara archipelago. The ship was a result of Mediterranean influences in the region, particularly introduced by the Arabs, Persians, and Ottomans. For their war fleet, the Malays prefer to use shallow draught, oared longships similar to the galley, such as lancaran, penjajap, and kelulus. This is very different from the Javanese who prefer long-range, deep-draught round ships such as jong and malangbang. The reason for t